If you do not use your arms or your legs for some time, they will become weak, when you start using them again, they slowly become strong again. Everybody knows that. Yet many people do not seem to know that memory works in the same way.
When someone says that he has a good memory, he really means that he keeps his memory in practice by using it. When someone else says that his memory is poor, he really means that he does not give it enough chance to become strong.
If a friend says that his arms and legs are weak, we know that it is his own fault. But if he tells us that he has a poor memory, many of us think that his parents may be blamed(责备), and few of us know that it is just his own fault. Have you ever found that some people can’t read or write but usually they have better memories ? This is because they cannot read or write and they have to remember things, they cannot write them down in a small notebook. They have to remember days, names, songs and stories, so their memory is the whole time being exercised.
So if you want to have a good memory, learn from the people: practise remembering things in a way as other people do.
小题1:Someone can’t have a good memory if ________.
A．he can’t read or write
B．he doesn’t use his memory
C．his parents haven’t a good memory
D．he doesn’t use his arms or legs for some time小题2:If you do not use your arms or legs for some time, ______.
A．you can’t use them any more
B．they will become stronger
C．they become weak but they slowly become strong again
D．they become weak and won’t become strong until you use them again小题3:Which of the following is TRUE ?
A．Your memory works in the different way as your arms or legs
B．Your memory, like your arms or legs, becomes weak if you do not give it enough chance for practice
C．Don’t learn how to read and write if you want to have a better memory
D．A good memory comes from less practice小题4:Few people know that it is only ______ if a friend has a poor memory.
A．his own fault
B．his parents’ fault
C．his teachers’ fault
D．his grandmother’s fault小题5:The writer wants to tell us ________.
A．how to use our arms or legs
B．how to read and write
C．how to have a good memory
D．how to learn from the people
小题1:B
小题2:D
小题3:B
小题4:A
小题5:C
题目分析：这篇短文中作者主要通过举例介绍了如何才能拥有好的记忆力，及提高记忆力的方法。
小题1:细节理解题。根据短文第一段Yet many people do not seem to know that memory works in the same way.可知，记忆力也遵循这一规律；故选B。
小题2:细节理解题。根据短文第一段If you do not use your arms or your legs for some time, they will become weak, when you start using them again, they slowly become strong again.可知，答案为D。
小题3:细节理解题。根据短文第一段Yet many people do not seem to know that memory works in the same way.可知，记忆力也符合这一规律，故A错误；第二段When someone else says that his memory is poor, he really means that he does not give it enough chance to become strong.可知B项正确；根据最后一段So if you want to have a good memory, learn from the people: practise remembering things in a way as other people do.可知C项错误；D项与原文的意思背道而驰，错误；故选B。
小题4:细节理解题。根据短文第三段But if he tells us that he has a poor memory, many of us think that his parents may be blamed(责备), and few of us know that it is just his own fault.可知，一个人的记忆力低下是与个人缺乏锻炼引起的，即自己的责任；故选A。
小题5:主旨大意题。根据短文内容可知，其核心话题就是如何提高我们的记忆力；故选C。